Table A1 A1 Mean values of work organisation questions by type of work system. (Source: EWCS 1995–2010)

Job involves learning new things

q49f

0.903

0.910

0.403

0.316

Job involves solving unforeseen problems on my own

q49c

0.965

0.948

0.562

0.487

Assess quality of own work

q49b

0.829

0.922

0.595

0.310

Teamwork

q56

0.598

0.795

0.656

0.343

Rotation of tasks

q53

0.429

0.690

0.533

0.263

Complex tasks

q49e

0.749

0.789

0.320

0.183

Autonomy over methods

q50b

0.910

0.746

0.137

0.448

Autonomy over speed

q50c

0.867

0.714

0.216

0.494

Repetitive work (1 min cycles)

q44a

0.052

0.467

0.582

0.165

Repetitive work (10 min cycles)

q44b

0.179

0.688

0.787

0.296

Monotonous

q49d

0.173

0.541

0.760

0.385

Job involves meeting precise quality standards

q49a

0.691

0.928

0.849

0.384

Pace of work dependent on machine speed or product movement

q46d

0.020

0.346

0.597

0.048

Pace of work dependent on direct control of boss

q46e

0.196

0.538

0.695

0.289

Pace of work dependent on work done by colleagues

q46a

0.341

0.726

0.700

0.232

Pace of work dependent on numerical production/performance targets

q46c

0.243

0.606

0.630

0.131

kmeans cluster number

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2

1

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